$25,000,000 is the reward the U.S. is offering for CJNG's new leader, Juan Carlos Valencia González. According to Pierre Rausini, a 35-year data set going back to 1990 shows that every kingpin taken out results in an increase in the product coming into the United States. Watch the full conversation on the latest Borderland: Narcosis with @thereal_Rocco, out now on YT and X.

U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iran's supreme leader and other top officials earlier this year. Former CIA officer Brittany Butler says eliminating Iran's top leaders won't end the regime: "It's not going to work like al Qaeda." Watch the full conversation on Change Agents tonight with @AndyStumpf77.

"This is what our foreign adversaries want. They want us to come at each other." Former CIA officer Brittany Butler describes how Russia, China and Iran are trying to weaken American unity. Watch the full conversation on Change Agents with @AndyStumpf77, out tomorrow on YT.

"You can literally... disrupt the drug flow more heavily by bringing on board 500 accountants." Pierre Rausini says forensic accountants with access to Mexico's banks could cripple the drug trade. See the full conversation on the latest Borderland: Narcosis with @thereal_Rocco, out now on YT and X.

I reported on cartel recruitment of foreign fighters in Ukraine a couple months ago. I went to facilities where fighters are learning FPV drone tactics. The full report is here: youtu.be/dV2-9DOzRgA?si=lheo…

Borderland: Dispatches' @KatarinaSzulc went there to see what the training that Polymarket is referencing looks like:

JUST IN: Cartel members from Mexico & Colombia are reportedly fighting alongside Ukraine to gain experience with battlefield drones.

Dennis Rodman went with the Harlem Globetrotters to a game in North Korea. Kim Jong Un showed up unannounced, then brought the whole team back to his house:

The reward for CJNG leader Juan Carlos Gonzalez is now $25 million. Pierre Rausini breaks down what that means for the state of the cartel wars with @thereal_Rocco :

“There is a science-based history of Russia trying to develop a pneumonic plague super-weapon.” In July, @AnnieJacobsen told @AndyStumpf77 about what would happen if there was a lab leak in Siberia of a pneumonic plague weapon. This weekend, that exact scenario may have unfolded.

"Half of it is producing legal medicines, the other half is making fentanyl precursors." Scott McGregor (@5eyesScott) says some Chinese manufacturing plants run both productions under the same roof. He explains how the state could be behind the operations on the latest Borderland: Narcosis with @thereal_Rocco, out now on YT and X.

What happened when Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un were in the same room? @VICE's Shane Smith retells the full story on the latest Change Agents episode, out now on YT and X.

A $7,000 demand at the border. But they won't touch American money. Journalist Shane Smith from @VICE shares what he does when traveling to closed countries. "I always bring jail cash, just in case." See the full conversation with @AndyStumpf77 on YT and X.

"I go to the mosque and they're yelling Death to America. But then they'll invite you for tea." @VICE's Shane Smith describes his experience while reporting from Iran in recent years on the latest Change Agents:

"They caught them with 88 million doses of fentanyl… enough to kill the Canadian population twice over." According to Scott McGregor (@5eyesScott), the lab was located in British Columbia. One person was arrested, but no one's been convicted. Watch the full conversation on the latest Borderland: Narcosis with @thereal_Rocco.

"I'm always astounded by how Americans think that they know exactly what's happening in Iran." @VICE co-founder Shane Smith says most American coverage of Iran does not match what he has seen firsthand from over three decades of reporting there. “I would say 80% of it is just not true.” See Shane’s full conversation @AndyStumpf77 on Change Agents below:

"I won't take a paycheck for a couple of years, and I'll try and really grow this archery thing." The shop changed hands in 2016 when its new owner, Tyler Vanderkolk, sold an air filter business to buy it. He shares the risk he took building his business in Austin, Texas. @AndyStumpf77

China is working with cartels to establish a foothold in the Canadian underworld. Their endgame is to infiltrate the West. So, why is Xi Jinping openly meeting with with Western leaders? @5eyesScott and @thereal_Rocco breakdown the situation on the latest Borderland: Narcosis

A defense industry journalist received a photocopy of a magazine article from the 1950s that announced breakthroughs in anti-gravity technology -- and Lockheed was involved. Then, the tech disapeared. What happened? Was there a cover-up before it made it to the public? Has the military been covering up breakthroughs in exotic anti-gravity abilities that have mistaken for UFOs?

"The CIA is certainly not going to talk about it." CIA officers were reportedly killed in what was officially called a car accident, but Joe Hefferon believes the real circumstances remain undisclosed. See the full story on the latest Borderland: Narcosis. @HefferonJoe @thereal_Rocco